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Your West Country Weather Team

Spring, Summer, Autumn Winter: The seasons, but why are they different in meteorology compared to astronomy? Meteorologist Chris Page explains

How do we define the seasons? - Meteorological Vs Astronomical

ITV Meteorologist, Charlie Powell, explains more about the truth behind an Indian Summer?

What is an Indian Summer?

Ever wondered how a rainbow forms? Or perhaps you want to know more about the jet stream? Explore Weather and learn more with our ITV Weather Explorers 

Learn more about weather with our ITV Weather Explorers

Everything you need to know about air quality, air pollution and how it affects us

What you need to know about Air Quality

Why is a temperature rise of 1.5C so important? How do we know climate change isn't natural? Find the answers with Climate Explorers from ITV Weather

Learn more about Climate Change with our ITV Climate Explorers

ITV Meteorologist Laura Tobin, explains how 2020 shows yet more evidence of climate change here in the UK 

Growing concern as further evidence shows climate change is impacting the UK

These stripes show the temperature change from 1850 to the present-day of global temperature change around the world. Each line represents the average temperature of that year. A dramatic rise can be seen in the past few decades showing how the world is warming

Mets Unite around the world showing the famous Climate Stripes

Met. Office confirm the main contributor to warming in the last 170 years is human influence on climate from increasing greenhouse gases

The last ten years have been the warmest ever recorded

Where does our weather come from? Why wind direction is so important 

What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming and what does it mean for our weather, Meteorologist Charlie Powell explains

What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming?

How many different types of rainbow are there?

What is line convection? Why some rainfall is particularly heavy

Chris Page explains why we get the rich earthy smell once it rains, after a dry and warm period of weather. It's known as Petrichor

Why does rain smell so good?

We've got a showery few days ahead but why is it so hard to predict exactly where they're going to crop up?

Why are showers one of the hardest things to forecast?

Meet the ITV Weather Team across the UK

ITV Meteorologist Philippa Drew takes a look at some of the most common weather lore

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